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type: "Bill"
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title: "Stun weapons; prohibits possession on school property, exemptions."
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description: "Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemptions. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. The bill also allows a stun weapon to be stored in a closed container in a motor vehicle while such vehicle is on school property."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 173"
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citation: "Virginia SB 173 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Emmett W. Hanger, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-12-20"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0059e353-ce1f-4d75-8d5c-66397ce9a39d"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB173"
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source_hash: "38d42df745c69abee6c61faa3a8230029d7631991d9f75fe04bf830ba024c3a0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 173 (2020) — Stun weapons; prohibits possession on school property, exemptions.
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Prohibition on possession of stun weapon on school property; exemptions. Allows the holder of a valid concealed handgun permit to possess a stun weapon on school property while in a motor vehicle in a parking lot, traffic circle, or other means of vehicular ingress or egress to the school. The bill also allows a stun weapon to be stored in a closed container in a motor vehicle while such vehicle is on school property.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0693)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0693)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB173ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB173ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB173)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB173E)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-12-20** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101379D `introduction`
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- **2019-12-20** Referred to Committee on the Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-08** Moved from Courts of Justice to Judiciary due to a change of the committee name
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Judiciary with amendments (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2020-01-27** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB173E
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- **2020-01-27** Printed as engrossed 20101379D-E
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB173E)
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- **2020-02-03** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-03** Referred to Committee on Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned PS sub: Firearms `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Public Safety (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB173ER)
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 693 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0059e353-ce1f-4d75-8d5c-66397ce9a39d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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